artLAB_San Servolo artist residency is a residency programme that takes place on the Island of San Servolo in Venice during the month of August, open to 10 visual artists from Italy and abroad who are in the initial phase of their careers. The programme offers participating artists room and board on the island, studio spaces, and the budget to create an original work.
The residency is intended to create a space for dialogue and professional growth for emerging artists from various geographical areas and with different artistic approaches, enabling them to create projects specifically in response to the experience of group exchange. The projects are developed individually by each artist, but the initiative is particularly focussed on the collective experience that runs throughout all the phases of the residency, from discussion on the residency theme, to the creation of the projects, to the organisation of the final exhibition. Another fundamental aspect of the programme is the attention given to the historical, social, and natural context provided by the residency location.